The tornado outbreak of April 12, 2020
73 tornadoesAlabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and 3 more states
73 tornadoes touched down across 6 states between 1:03 AM and 12:53 AM the next day CDT, 6 of them rated EF3 or stronger, and 22 people were killed. The 23rd-most tornadoes of any day since 1950.
Watch the day unfoldTornado outbreak · April 12, 2020
How the day unfolded
Every tornado recorded that day, at its logged touchdown time and along its path, with the counties it crossed.
The day in numbers
- Tornadoes
- 73
- 23rd of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
- EF3 or stronger
- 6
- 2 rated EF4 or EF5
- Killed
- 22
- 50th-deadliest tornado day since 1950
- Injured
- 164
- Along all the paths
- Path miles
- 552
- All the paths end to end
- First and last
- 1:03 AM to 12:53 AM the next day
- Touchdowns, Central Daylight Time
Hour by hour
Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Daylight Time.
Every tornado
In order of touchdown. 3 have a record page, linked from the rating.
By state
Tornadoes in 2020 · On this date in other years · The biggest outbreak days · The day’s damaging winds
Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025. A day is SPC’s calendar date in Central Standard Time; an outbreak day here has 40 or more tornadoes, or 6 or more rated F3/EF3 or stronger.